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Terror of the Deep

Auckland experimental/noise rock group releasing cassettes and vinyl through Night People, Hideotic and Selection Records. The A-Team released 2019 on Melted Ice Cream.

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Jim Nothing

Christchurch lo-fi solo project of James G. Sullivan. Released cassette EPs from 2013 before debuting on vinyl with In The Marigolds (2022) and Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn (2024) on Melted Ice Cream.

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Ben Woods

Christchurch guitarist and songwriter, member of Wurld Series and Salad Boys. Released Put (2019) and Dispeller (2022) on Melted Ice Cream.

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Best Bets

Power-pop group from Rangiora, Canterbury. Released Life Under The Big Top EP (2018) and albums On An Unhistoric Night (2022) and The Hollow Husk of Feeling (2024) on Melted Ice Cream and Meritorio Records.

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Adam Hattaway

Woolston, Christchurch alt rock'n'roll band led by guitarist and singer Adam Hattaway (formerly of Wurld Series and The Eastern). Seven studio albums in seven years, from the 2018 debut All Dat Love through to Hot Variety (2025). Rooster (2021) reached #16 on the NZ album charts and was playlisted on 40-plus US radio stations.

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Coolade

Biography Coolade (not to be confused with later group Kool-Aid) were a young trio from Christchurch who performed in and around the local All-Ages…

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Carb on Carb

Auckland emo/pop-punk duo Nicole Gaffney and James Stuteley toured seventeen times around New Zealand and fifteen times through Australia over twelve years, releasing three LPs of mathy, heartfelt punk before calling it a day in 2024.

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Transistors

The Transistors are a garage, punk and power-pop trio from Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand, active since the late 2000s and known for a prolific run of self-released and small-label vinyl, cassette and digital recordings across more than fifteen years.

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Salad Boys

Indie pop-rock out of Christchurch based around Joe Sampson (guitar / vocals / keys / bass etc) with James Sullivan (drums) and Ben Ordering (bass) on most of their recordings. Strong on melody with big chiming guitar and unfussy rhythmic backing, their songs have a timeless quality to them - sometimes jangling, sometimes driving, and with Sampson's powerful guitar playing always ready to attack.

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BnP

Brash, noisy, post-Earthquake Christchurch group who made a bit of a splash with the 'Welcome to Mediocrity' release on local label Melted Ice Cream in 2012.